The Generalization of Named Reactions: Teaching an Organic Synthesis Course to Undergraduate Students

Organic synthesis is taught either as an independent part of organic programs or as an important topic of that course. If teachers give little self-reflective guidance during the organic synthesis teaching process, students will be stuck in surface learning, which leads to poor mastery outcomes. Here we give our perspectives on deeper learning teaching design, focusing on four elements: (a) deeper learning objectives, (b) challenging learning themes, (c) deeper learning activities, and (d) continuous evaluation. Furthermore, typical teaching fragments are given as examples based on the characteristics and the teaching status of an organic chemistry course in order to provide applicable references for future relevant teaching work.